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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 2004/06
From: Jonathan Dlouhy <dlouhy@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Quotes and staples
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 18:34:38 -0400
I have to admit that I'm a little bit confused. I thought I had joined a
doublereed list where discussion of issues related to doublereed instruments
took place. If I'm wrong would someone please let me know what list I am
actually subscribed to, because I want to find that doublereed list and join
it instead.
Thank you,
--
Jonathan Dlouhy
Principal Oboe,
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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"Some people crave baseball--I find this unfathomable-- but I can
easily understand why a person could get excited about playing a bassoon."
--Frank Zappa
On Wednesday 09 June 2004 05:52 pm, Nat Echols wrote:
> > My understanding of the Geneva conventions is that they apply only to
> > military members of an opposing state. Terrorists are terrorists.
> > Partisans were shot on sight and these insurgents are not an organized
> > militia representing a state enemy.
>
> Correct, the conventions only apply to their signatories, and there are
> rules for conduct of war that both parties must adhere to. However, the
> administration has been attempting to weasel out of recognizing many other
> legal rights of the accused (US laws, primarily, including the
> Constitution), on the grounds that they just don't apply to our current
> situation. I think this has led to the confusion - and it's certainly
> reason enough to be worried about the treatment of military prisoners.
>
> As an aside, many of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib weren't even insurgents -
> they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, and were all thrown
> together. So they definitely were protected by the Conventions, since
> they weren't even combatants.
>
> Go rent the movie "Brazil" for a good overview of why this is a
> frightening precedent.
>
> On a reed-related note, do any bassonists have experience with wire gauges
> other than 22? I've heard you can change the character of the reed by
> using thinner or thicker wires in different places, but I never
> investigated this very far.
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